http://cheatingdeath.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:09:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en anorexia or bulimia or a history of eating disorders have more fertility problems, unplanned pregnancies, and negative feelings about having a child than women with no such history, a new study from the United Kingdom finds. Researchers from King’s College London and the University College London examined data from surveys of more than 11,000 pregnant women, including about 500 with a history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, or both conditions. Although women with a history of eating disorders were no more likely than other women… Continue Reading]]> http://cheatingdeath.com/female-health/eating-disorders-affect-fertility-pregnancy Thermographic Imaging Systems for Breast Cancer Screening: FDA Safety Communication [Posted 06/02/2011] AUDIENCE: Consumers, Patients ISSUE: FDA notified consumers, women who participate in breast cancer screening and healthcare professionals that thermography is not a replacement for screening mammography and should not be used by itself to diagnose breast cancer. Thermographic systems use an infrared camera to produce images (thermograms) that show the patterns of heat and blood flow on or near the surface of the body. The FDA is not aware of any valid scientific data to show that… Continue Reading]]> http://cheatingdeath.com/health-news/fda-safety-alert-thermographic-imaging-systems-for-breast-cancer Continue Reading]]> http://cheatingdeath.com/health-news/experts-say-cellphones-may-be-cancer-causing May 25, 2011 — Just in time for the start of grilling season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated guidelines for safely preparing pork. The USDA recommends that pork be cooked to an internal temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit. The federal agency says it is lowering the recommended safe cooking temperature for whole cuts of pork from 160 degrees to 145 degrees and adding a 3-minute rest time. That temperature should be measured with a food thermometer placed in the thickest part of… Continue Reading]]> http://cheatingdeath.com/health-news/usda-revises-cooking-tempature-for-pork May 5, 2011 — Kids who regularly use a bottle at age 2 are more likely to be obese by the time they’re ready for kindergarten than those who switch to cups at younger ages, a study shows. Current guidelines, which were written to help prevent tooth decay, recommend that babies stop bottle feeding around their first birthday. But many parents don’t appear to be following that advice. The study, which has tracked nearly 6,750 children across the U.S. from the time… Continue Reading]]> http://cheatingdeath.com/obesity/bottle-feeding-at-age-2-raises-obesity-risk Continue Reading]]> http://cheatingdeath.com/children/new-dosing-guidelines-for-kids-liquid-medicines May 3, 2011 — The number of people with asthma has been rising in recent years, but CDC researchers say in a new report that they aren’t sure why. The CDC says that the number of people diagnosed with asthma grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, when one in 12 Americans were told they had the lung disease. The proportion of people of all ages with asthma in the U.S. increased from 7.3% (20.3 million people) in 2001 to 8.2% (24.6 million people) in… Continue Reading]]> http://cheatingdeath.com/health-news/asthma-rates-on-the-rise-in-the-u-s

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